Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-19
EDITOR o.RRlEN.

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Remarkable Scene ON Board the Steam
ship Umbria At the Reception of O'Brien
The Irish Editor Looked Upon In the
Light of q Jonah-He Was Evidently In
No Very Congenial Company.
NEW YORK, May 10-Last night when
the steamer John c. Moore took the
pBrien reception committee down to the
Umbria, a remarkable scene was offered
For several minutes after the object of
the committee had been made known no
person in authority could be discovered to
attend to the New Workers. wants. The
cheers. that the committeeman and their
friends sent up for Mr.. O'Brien were an
swered by portions of the passengers and
crew with groans and counter cheers for
Salisbury, Balfour and other friends OF
coercion.
Captain Patterson of the Moore had
much difficulty in finding any one on the
steamship to take a line from his boat.
His request for the presence of Captain
McMicken was greeted with the informa-
ton that the captain was at dinner, after
which there were more Jeers. After
about ten minutes, however, the captain
came to the rails and asked: ''W hat 10
you want2''
awe have a permit to take some pas
sengers OFF, replied General O'Beirne,
of the committee
The Captains response to this was
gruff1y, ''Well, will allow no person to
leave tn ship until the doctor has made
his examination"
s'Oh, we have got the doctor and the
customs inspector, too," chimed the
chorus from the Moore; and there was
another general laugh.
just then Mr.. O'Brien appeared, and,
addressing the people on the Moore, in
fx@ Il.
here who want me to go to New York to-
nightF'
''We all d." came the reply.
'sThen I will CO." said O'Brien, deter
minedly, sif only out of contempt for the
towards aboard here.''
A ladder was run up to the steamship
rail after the lines had been made fast
and DIR. A. W. Smith, brother of the health
officer of the port, ran up it. He went
through his form as far as Mr.. O'Brien,
Bishop Ireland and Dennis Kilbride were
concerned, and then Captain McMicken
asked him to pass the ship. DR.. Smith
evidently thought the steamship people
had not earned any special courtesy,
and notwithstanding Captain McMick-
ems repetition of his request, DR.. Smith
told the commander that he would have
to take his turn,
Just as Mr. O'Brien landed on the deck
of the Moore the after line of the boat
parted and her stern swung away, this
preventing the disembarking of Kilbride.
It is now stated that the oommotion
caused on board the Umbria by the recep-
ton of Mr.. OBrien W as more the outcome
of the chagrin caused by the delay in the
steamer reaching her dock than any thing
else.
An employe of the Cunard Company,
who went down for the mails yesterday,
said that he learned from one of the pas
sengers that no ill-will was shown o Brien
during the whole trip until the vessel
became befogged at Fire Island Then
several of the passengers, recalling de-
lay of an hour which occurred at Queens
town, owing to Mr.. O'Brien's hardness
in getting on board, began to grumble,
and asserted that but for this delay the
vessel would have been able to proceed
on her way, and would, in all probability,
have reached her dock at six o'clock on
the evening of the day she arrived off
Fire Island, which was Saturday last
This dissatisfaction grew among the pas
sengers as Sunday wore on, and the YES
sci was unable to stir, and resulted in the
demonstration made against O'Brien on
the arrival of the reception committee.
Mr.. O'Brien, looking fresh and cheerful,
had hardly arose this morning at the Hoff
man House before he was beseiged by
number of newspaper men. He well
coined the members of the press most
heartily, and laughed when mention was
made of the reception received. He said:
"Really / don't know as much about
the matter as some of you gentlemen ap-
pear to know. 1 did not expect any re.
ception. When heard the cheering
went on deck, not knowing where it
came from. 1 heard Captain McMicken
say rather testify, in reply to something
said from tug alongside, that nobody
should leave the Umbria. The gentlemen
on the tug, as I unders TODD them,
said they had the health Of
6cer and customs inspector on
board, and they would take me of. The
action of Captain McMicken and some of
the officers of the vessel was very rude,
manifesting desire to put every obstacle
In the way of complying with the wishes
of the gentlemen on the tug. I don't re-
member any shouting s'God save the
Queen" but intermingled with the cheers
of those on the small boat heard cheers
for Lord Lansdowne and Lord Salisbury.
There was small party of loyalists on
board the Umbria, and if it had not been
for the cowardice they displayed I dom t
think would have left the Umbria in the
fog but would rather have shared my
fate with the rest. In the hurry incident
bride, was left behind"
Mr.. O'Brien said in conclusion that be
really did not think the matter worthy OF
serious consideration.
Mr.. OBrien was then informed that
since his leaving Ireland, Mr.. French,
Lord Lansdowne's agent, had denied that
Frederick Denning, the Trillamore bank
er, who had opened negotiations with
Lord Lausdowne's tenants, for a settle
ment had been authorized to perform
such a task.
ssThat Denial" said Mr.. O'Brien, 'is
both untrue and absurd"
Speaking on Irish affairs Mr.. O'Brien
said there was no truth in the reports of
Parnelps serious illness, and when the
question of the probability of ousting the
Tory government was mentioned, he said
that while the Coercion bill was sure to
pass, nobody was in hurry to turn out
the spresent government. A general cleo
ton this year, he thought, would not
result in such benefit to Ireland as at a
later period.
Mr.. o. Brien, leaves for Montreal this
evening.
The Florida SenAtorship.
TkLLAHAssEE, Fla, May 1.-THE vote in
the Legislature for United States Senator
Yesterday was as follows: Perry, %